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50 paise a kg: Onion price crash leaves Maharashtra farmers drowning in debt

50 paise a kg: Onion price crash leaves Maharashtra farmers in throes of debt

May 13, 2026 4:41 am

What makes his situation particularly bitter is the timing. Just six days earlier, on May 2, onions from the same field fetched Rs 3.50 per kg.

Maharashtra: As climate change hits onion, farmers look for crop cover

February 13, 2025 5:05 am

Farmers say climate change, which has brought greater uncertainty in rainfall and made excessive rainfall a fairly frequent event, had also contributed to greater acceptance of the crop insurance scheme.

Onion being loaded on a truck in Rajkot APMC mandi.

Why have onion prices shot up and will they come down soon?

November 13, 2024 7:36 am

With elections soon to be held in Maharashtra, India’s largest onion-producing state, the current price rise also has political significance. Here is what to know.

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Why onion prices remain bullish despite steep export duty, MEP

August 13, 2024 9:47 am

A look at why onion prices continue to remain on the higher side and why there might be little the government can do to cool it down.

Onion growers Maharashtra Union Budget 2024

Maharashtra onion belt gets no relief in Union Budget, farmers vow repeat of LS poll blow to BJP

July 25, 2024 5:13 pm

Mahayuti had lost all but one of the six Lok Sabha seats making up Maharashtra's main onion-producing area in the recent elections

Govt buys 71,000 tons of onion for buffer stock; expects retail prices to ease with normal monsoon

June 22, 2024 5:44 pm

The government will exercise the option of holding or releasing onions from the buffer in order to maintain stability in prices of onion

How ban on onion export made NDA cry in Maharashtra

June 05, 2024 4:51 pm

'The issue of onion prices was taken very lightly by the ruling alliance. Farmers decided to give prominence to their economy rather than fall for any emotional issue,' said Bharat Dighole, the president of the onion growers association.